RE: X config on 14 inch 700mhz ibook
On Don, 2002-10-24 at 18:36, Bill Traynor wrote:
>
> >From: Michel Dänzer [mailto:daenzer@debian.org]
> >
> >On Don, 2002-10-24 at 18:09, Bill Traynor wrote:
> >>
> >> >From: Michel Dänzer [mailto:daenzer@debian.org]
> >> >
> >> >On Don, 2002-10-24 at 16:23, Bill Traynor wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> I've been trying to configure X on a 14.1" iBook with an ATI
> >> >Radeon M6
> >> >> LY and I've been unsuccesful. I've installed kernel
> >> >2.4.20-pre11-ben0
> >> >> and the dri-trunk debs. When I issue:
> >> >>
> >> >> modprobe agpgart
> >> >> insmod /usr/src/modules/drm-trunk/radeon.o
> >> >> startx
> >> >>
> >> >> the screen flickers slightly and then just sits there blank.
> >> >>
> >> >> After rebooting, my X log only shows 1 error: Cannot read V_BIOS
> >> >> (5)
> >> >
> >> >That's not a problem. A common problem is using a wrong mode,
> >> >but we'd have to see the log to be sure.
> >>
> >> Good point, here's my log and XF86Config-4 as well:
> >
> >[...]
> >
> >> Fatal server error:
> >> could not open default font 'fixed'
> >
> >Install xfonts-base or better x-window-system-core. It's
> >strange that you didn't get back to console though, maybe
> >you'd have had to switch between VTs for radenfb to
> >reinitialize the display.
>
> Done.
>
> Now, following startx the machine returns to the console with:
>
> Could not initiate font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!
If there are no more errors in the log, it sounds like the X server runs
fine, but the client side session aborts immediately. Do you have a
desktop environment or a window manager installed?
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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